Kentz building on its success

With a blue chip client base of some of the world’s top oil, gas and mining companies, and with its work backlog valued at $2.73bn, engineering group Kentz is confident about its growth plans, CEO Christian Brown tells John Daly

AS a modern Irish success story, Kentz, founded in Co Tipperary, continues to develop its commercial footprint in an arc that now touches every continent. An organisation employing 14,500 people across 30 countries, the company can trace its origins back to 1919 when it started life as a local electrical contractor based in Clonmel.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250, it serves a blue-chip client base, primarily in the oil and gas, petrochemical and mining and metals sectors, for more than 90 years. Kentz’s global business units are spread across engineering, procurement, construction and technical support services engaged in complex projects in some of the most remote locations on earth. The company has operations in Australia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Its clients include BP, Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil.